Voting in America: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

A thorough examination of the people, forces, and events that have shaped the right, opportunity, and value of the vote in America from 1715 to the present.

• Tables include data on voter turnouts for presidential primaries from 1972 to 2000, voter turnouts for presidential elections from 1924 to 2000, and comparisons (in numbers) of voters and nonvoters by election years from 1924 to 2000

• A chronology outlines the events, people, court cases, laws, amendments, and practices that have influenced the evolution of voting in America